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HEARTS.TXT (Ver. 5) July 21, 1989
HEARTS is a very easy card game to play and one that will
give you many hours of enjoyment. The rules for this game are
quite simple. After the cards have been shuffled, they are
delt clockwise to each player. There are four players in this
game with each receiving 13 cards (a total of 52). The
direction of play, like most card games, is clockwise around
the table. A player must always match the SUIT of the card
that is played first. If a player does not have the LEAD suit
then he or she can play any card in their hand. The cards are
RANKED in descending value from the A to the 2. The Ace (A)
being the HIGHEST rank. The player having the highest ranked
card in the lead suit takes that TRICK and BEGINS play on the
next trick. There are four cards in each trick (one from each
player) and 13 tricks per hand. Each NEW HAND is started by
leading the TWO OF CLUBS.
The scoring of HEARTS is what makes this game unique from most
other card games. The LOWEST accumulated score wins the game.
The score is determined by the number of POINT CARDS that a
player has received in the tricks that he or she has taken.
The point cards are - all HEARTS, each counting as one point
and the QUEEN OF SPADES which counts as 13 points. There is a
total of 26 points for each hand. The score from each hand is
then added to your Game Score. When a player reaches or
exceeds the Game Point, then the game is ended and the player
with the LOWEST score wins that game.
If you are able to take all 26 points for that hand, then you
have "SHOT THE MOON" (a run) and each of your opponents will
receive 26 points. Remember, LOW score wins, and a score of
25 does not qualify as a RUN. You cannot lead a HEART or the
QUEEN OF SPADES until they have been BROKEN (one has already
been played), or unless this is all that remains in your hand.
At the beginning of each hand all players have the opportunity
to PASS three cards to another player. The direction of the
pass is counter-clockwise. The first pass is to the player
on your RIGHT. The next pass to the player ACROSS from you and
the last to the player on your LEFT. The next hand is a HOLD
hand, in which no cards are passed. The pass rotation then
begins again.
3 The players are numbered from 1 to 4, with YOU playing
2 4 position number "1" at the bottom of the table. As
1 always, play rotation is clockwise.
The OPTION MENU can be called any time throughout the game.
This is done with the ESCAPE key. The hand you are playing
will be void and a new one delt. If you care to cheat, you
may find this of value. However, its main purpose is to allow
option selection and game termination at your convenience.
Use the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys to select the card you wish
to play. When you have selected your card use the ENTER key
to play that card. The CURSOR will skip played cards and will
jump to the lowest card of the suit in play. The cursor will
also wrap from end to end. Pressing ANY KEY after each trick
will bi-pass the delay and speed the game along.
For all Registered Users, the DOWN arrow key will act the same
as the ENTER key and will respone "Y" to a question and the
UP arrow key will act the same as the ESC key and will respone
"N" to a question. This allows game play to be conducted en-
tirely from four centrally located KEYS.
Any comments or suggestions will be gratefully accepted and an
honest attempt will be made to answer them. Additonal inform-
ation can be found in the file HEARTS.REG.
This program requires CGA/VGA with color monitor capabilities
and the following files present (in the same directory) to
operate properly.
HEARTS.EXE - HEARTS.DAT - HEARTS.TXT - HEARTS.REG
--- Good Luck and Enjoy ---